Kamayo
Native toPhilippines
RegionSurigao del Sur and Davao Oriental
EthnicityKamayo people
Mandayas
Native speakers
360,000 (2000 census)[1]
Dialects
    • Kamayo North
    • Kamayo South
Language codes
ISO 639-3kyk
Glottologkama1363

Kamayo (Kinamayo or alternatively spelled Camayo), also called Kadi, Kinadi, or Mandaya, is a minor Austronesian language of the central eastern coast of Mindanao in the Philippines.

Distribution

Spoken in some areas of Surigao del Sur (the city of Bislig and the municipalities of Barobo, Hinatuan, Lingig, Tagbina, Lianga, San Agustin & Marihatag) and Davao Oriental, Kamayo varies from one municipality to another. Lingiganons are quite different from other municipalities in the way they speak the Kamayo language. Ethnologue also reports that Kamayo is spoken in the Agusan del Sur Province border areas, and in Davao Oriental Province between Lingig and Boston.

Dialects

Kamayo is a language widely used by the Mandayas in the Davao Oriental areas. It is closely related to Tandaganon and Surigaonon. Dialect variations are caused by mixed dialect communications such as the Cebuano language in barangays Mangagoy and Pob. Bislig. The towns of Barobo, Hinatuan, and Lingig has a distinct version spoken. A suffix is usually added to most adjectives in the superlative form; for example, the word gamay in Cebuano ('small') is gamayay while the word dako ('big') is spoken as dako-ay in Bislig.

Kamayo dialects can be classified as North Kamayo and South Kamayo.[2]

Vocabulary

Common phrases

KamayoTagalogEnglish
Adi / NganiDitoHere
NgadtoDoonThere
Ampan / WaraWalaNothing
AronMeronHave
Basi / BasinBakaMaybe
ButangLagayPut
HainSaanWhere
IdtuAyonThat
IndayEwanI don't know
Ini / NginiItoThis
ItunAyanThat is
KamangKuhaTake
KinuKailanWhen
MadayawMabutiGood
MaraatPangitUgly
Nanga saBakitWhy
Unaan / NaanAnoWhat
PilaMagkanoHow much
Sinu / Sin-uSinoWho
TagiBigayGive
UnuhonPaanoHow
WaraWalaNone
IsuBataChild
hinuodMatandaOld person
IrongIlongNose
HuoOoYes
DiriHindiNo
BayhoMukhaFace
AlimaKamayHand
SikiPaaFoot
PaaHitaThigh
Pasu-ayMainitHot

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kamayo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Ethnologue
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